College Football Player Dies 1 Month After Head Injury During Game
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Alabama A&M linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr., 20, died on Wednesday, hours after his team had erroneously announced his death.
College football linebacker Medrick Burnett Jr. has died after sustaining a head injury during an October game.
According to a statement from the Jefferson County, Alabama, coroner’s office reported by ESPN on Friday, the 20-year-old Alabama A&M athlete died Wednesday evening, just hours after his team posted and later retracted an announcement of his death.
Alabama A&M’s athletic department apologized for the mistake, calling the premature announcement an “unfortunate occurrence” in a Wednesday afternoon apology.
In its statement, the university said it was “originally advised” that Burnett had died “by an immediate family member on Tuesday evening.”
“We express our immediate regret for disseminating false information however, we hold complete joy in knowing that Medrick remains in stable condition,” the note said.
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